Windows Server 2022
Windows Server 2022


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OS family
Codename
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Announced
Final release
October 14, 2025Update method
Released to manufacturing
General availability
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Preceded by
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Website
Support status
Mainstream support: Until October 13, 2026
Extended support: Until October 14, 2031
Windows Server 2022 is the tenth version of theWindows Serveroperating system developed byMicrosoft, as part of theWindows NT family of operating systems. It was released on August 18, 2021, succeedingWindows Server 2019. It was succeeded byWindows Server 2025 on November 1, 2024.
Windows Server 2022 is based on the "Iron" codebase, unlike Windows 10 21H2, which is based on the "Vibranium" codebase like its predecessor 20H2; this renders the updates between Windows 10 21H2 and Windows Server 2022 incompatible. Like its predecessor, Windows Server 2019, it requires x64 processors.
Release[]
Microsoft announced the release of the preview version of Windows Server 2022 at itsIgnite event on March 2, 2021.[1] It was released to general availability on August 18, 2021.[2]
Features[]
Windows Server 2022 has the following features
References[]
- ↑Caldas, Bernardo (2021-03-02). "Announcing Windows Server 2022—now in preview". Microsoft Windows Server Blog. Microsoft.
- ↑Mackie, Kurt (2022-08-20). "Microsoft's 'Weirdest Release': Windows Server 2022 Quietly Becomes Generally Available". Redmond Channel Partner.
- ↑What's new in Windows Server 2022, Microsoft. 2021-11-30.
- ↑Trusted Platform Module, Microsoft Learn. 2022-12-09.
External links[]
- Windows Server at Microsoft
- Windows Server Insiders at Microsoft Tech Community
- Windows Server 2022 at the BetaWiki
- Windows Server 2022 at Wikipedia
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